2007 · drama · thriller · revenge
Descent
Directed by Talia Lugacy1h 50m2007
Following a brutal assault, a college co-ed's life spirals until she encounters her assailant while working as a dancer. The predator has become the prey, and the prey has set her sights on revenge.
Our read: Descent (2007) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · thriller · revenge entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, extreme drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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